Bogdan Lalic vs Alexander Khalifman (1997)

Bogdan Lalic vs Alexander Khalifman
Anibal Open 1997 · Benko Gambit: Accepted. Dlugy Variation (A57) · 0-1

Given 23 times; par: 24 [what's this?]

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Jul-12-04		athos: 15...QxN!!

Sep-01-05		aw1988: Now THIS is SOME game...

Jun-05-06		plang: This is a really nice counterattack. Not only does Khalifman sacrifice his queen but he never castles and postpones developing several of his pieces in order to persue the attack. This variation leads to very different positions than the main line of the Benko Gambit. It doesn't look that promising for black but Khalifman shows that the position is quite resilient for black. Lalic, shortly after this game, improved with 14 Qf2 though he was held to a draw by GM Alterman.

Nov-17-07		Whitehat1963: <Now THIS is SOME game...> No, I'd say THIS is SOME CONFUSING GAME! I felt lost nearly the entire game when I tried playing this in the Guess-the-Move function.

Nov-17-07		Nasruddin Hodja: Silly <Whitehat>! If you read John Nunn's annotations to this game in _Understanding Chess Move by Move_ you'd learn much more from it than in Guess-the-Move. The more tactically complicated a game is, the more that ordinary mortals like you or me will blow out spectacularly in Guess-the-Move. Nowadays, I try to use Guess-the-Move only for endgames.

Nov-17-07		whiteshark: Why not <17.Qe4> here ? click for larger view

Jul-19-08		Bobsterman3000: <whiteshark> Yes, I think that 17. Qe4 wins almost immediately.

Mar-12-09		dwavechess: 21/27 concur with Rybka 3 W32 D. at 3 min. Q6600 per move for Khalifman

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